Taking away (partially or completely) reliance upon carbon or nuclear energy will reduce costs and help save the planet. Like my solar set up, it costs less to run my home and workshop in summer than it does in winter.
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I'm confused, how does this help shareholders?
Reminder that China's competent government has done exactly this, and as a result they produce 93% of the world's solar photovoltaic panels.
Can we get the competency with out the whole... Everything else?
Or is our choice between awful and ineffective or awful and effective?
You can't say bad things about the government in China.
This might sound like an absurd restriction of free speech, but consider that it's also considered highly illegal in germany to loudly ask for the abolishment of democracy. Many far-right groups do this, and the Verfassungsschutz (basically a kind of special police force) keeps a close eye on them because of that, calls them "verfassungsgefährdend" (going against the constitution). Monarchies like england had similar laws around 1900, where you could say everything except talk badly about the monarchy in power. That was known as the "english liberalism" because in many other countries, you could say even less. China does the same today, just that instead of the german constitution or the english monarchy it's the Communist Party.
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And then he was yeeted out of the window
No, no, you can't have green energy until corporations figure out how to make just as much money off it as they do fossil fuels. Don't worry though, they're innovating. Last summer some prick about had my dad convinced to pay him to put solar panels on his roof and then also continue paying for the power those panels generated.
This argument has received responses calling me a Commie, a Tankie, and 'a would-be enslaver of humanity' from family, friends, and internet randoms alike.
For me it is that I just... sorta listened to Bill Nye in the 90s about carbon dioxide.
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This is an absolute fact: the government refuses to invest in green energy because it produces too much energy and they’d have to give out power for free.
They don't want it to be cheaper. This is a nice upwards funnel of wealth for them.
Sure, but the peaks and lows are gonna be steeper. We have that in Finland because we built a lot of wind power in the last 20 years and barely with great expense completed only a single nuke station.
Electricity costs are currently kinda ok https://eprice.info/ but they frequently go up to 20-30c/kWh when it gets colder and there's less wind.
Fuck your government, cover your roof in panels and enjoy. Simple as
In FL, even if your home fully self sustains on solar and batteries, by law you still have to pay the power company $36 a month to be connected to the grid you don’t want to be a part of.
I left FL… over a year ago.
Here’s the other kicker… a huge chunk of Republican campaign funding comes from the power companies. FL residents are essentially being forced to fund the campaigns of people that seek to rule over them, not represent them.
Brother the only way it’s cheaper to source your own panels is if you buy them outright. Less than 50% of Americans have a savings account let alone 10k in disposable income.
If you take out a loan for the panels the payments equal what your electric bill would be and by the time you pay off the panels it’s time to replace them.
I had a whole thing about my setup here, but it was more than I want to share. Short version, panels are cheaper, easier to deal with, and longer lasting than you think. Most manufacturers guarantee 80% capacity after 30 years, area covered is more important than max output, there's no need to buy the whole thing at once, 3-5k no more than 1200 at a time over a few years can get a lot of people all they need
So you paid the same amount you thought you were going to pay, your bill didn't increase that whole time, your carbon footprint was lower and you didn't give any money to the ratfuckers? Where is the downside?
It’s not lower. Most electric bills are lower in the winter. You’d pay more in the winter months.
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Lower prices? Yeah, I’m sure they’ll get right on that…
If "our" means on the US, you may have to take a look at your electricity monopolies for it to make any difference.
The US has some of the cheapest energy in the civilized world. I’m not sure what to draw from that fact, but it is clear our energy system works pretty well for the end-user.
For a counterpoint, check out Germany’s expensive as fuck energy.
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Bold of you to assume the government cares about you at all.
Would companies make it cheaper or would they keep the price and pocket the profit?
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No they wouldn't. Final consumer cost is based on what people WILL pay not what they WANT to pay. At the end of the day the overarching goal of capitalism is for 99% of the population to spend 100% of their earnings. You can't funnel all wealth to the 1% if the 99% are holding on to it.
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Imagine the savings to society with the energy independence from green energy
- shut down most of the continent wide natural gas distribution infrastructure
- shut down most of the continent wide gasoline distribution infrastructure
- cut way back on the military when we no longer have to protect oil kingdoms
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